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Most of us know that the legendary Emanuel Lasker was a philosopher and a world class mathematician — he earned his doctorate in math in 1902 and published a theorem which, even today, is critically important...

Is 51.Qe6? from Magnus Carlsen in game 8 one of the worst blunders in world championship history? Well... probably not After all, Sergey Karjakin did need to find the incredible only-move 51...h5! to win the...

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The two most overused terms in chess journalism are "epic" and "blood spilled." Those qualities are, however, the oeuvre of certain Hollywood directors.
But what if each of the 16 games was made into a movie,...

Rashid G. Nezhmetdinov
RASHID GIBIATOVICH NEZHMETDINOV(born Dec-15-1912, died Jun-03-1974, 61 years old) Russia
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Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov was born in Aktubinsk, then part of the Russian Empire...

This article was written by Gik in early 2016. Since then, both Gik and Taimanov have died...
Mark Taimanov (right) and Evgeny Gik in 2015.
How the Central Committee Fought Against the Bourgeoisie
In the summer...

News

Last weekend, OSC Baden-Baden made its intentions clear: It wants to win back the title in the German league. For its matches on Saturday and Sunday, it had Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, and Maxime...

On Sunday, Francisco Vallejo won the Beautiful Minds - Krulich Cup in Munich, Germany, a rapid tournament on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Munich Chess Academy.
It's not uncommon to organize...

The big question for today's deciding game at the 2016 world chess championship was answered as soon as it was uttered.
Tied 5.5-5.5, how much would GM Magnus Carlsen push with White against GM Sergey...

In the night between Sunday and Monday, Mark Taimanov died in St. Petersburg at the age of 90. He was a world-class player for decades and one of the participants of the legendary Zurich 1953 Candidates'...

The Zurich Chess Challenge will add a word, more players, and switch both the venue and time control for the 2017 event. The Korchnoi Zurich Chess Challenge, to be held April 13-17, 2017, will honor the recent...